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Defective Gi protein coupling in two formyl peptide receptor mutants associated with localized juvenile periodontitis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Nov 2001
Seifert R, Wenzel-Seifert K
Abstract excerpt
The formyl peptide receptor (FPR) is a prototypical chemoattractant receptor expressed in neutrophils. It is well known that the FPR couples to G(i) proteins to activate phospholipase C, chemotaxis, and cytotoxic cell functions, but the in vivo role of the FPR in man has remained elusive. Recently, F110S and C126W mutations of the FPR have been associated with localized juvenile periodontitis. We studied...
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